Construction of a Z-scheme Ag2MoO4/BiOBr heterojunction for photocatalytically removing organic pollutants.

How to facilitate photogenerated-carrier separation is an important step in developing excellent semiconductor photocatalysts for environmental pollutant removal. Herein, Ag2MoO4 (AMO) nanoparticles were assembled onto the surface of BiOBr (BOB) nanosheets to construct a highly efficient Z-scheme AMO/BOB heterojunction photocatalyst. Several analytical techniques were used to elucidate the characteristics and photocatalytic mechanism of the AMO/BOB heterojunction. Photodegradation experiments for removing methylene blue under simulated-sunlight irradiation reveal that a 20%AMO/BOB heterojunction exhibits excellent photodegradation activity with η(30 min) = 93.8% and kapp = 0.08638 min-1, which were greater by 4.5 and 5.6 times in comparison with that of pure BOB and AMO, respectively. Based on the experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculation results, it is proposed that the Z-scheme carrier transfer/separation mechanism dominates the enhanced photodegradation performance of the composite photocatalysts. Additionally, the potential application of AMO/BOB photocatalysts in degrading various organic pollutants (including organic dyes, antibiotics and other serious organic pollutants) was also investigated.

Cross-section measurements for (n, 2n), (n, p) and (n, n'alpha) reactions on gallium isotopes in the neutron energy range of 13.5-14.6 MeV.

Cross-sections for (n, 2n), (n, p) and (n, n'alpha) reactions have been measured on gallium isotopes at the neutron energies of 13.5-14.6MeV using the activation technique. Data are reported for the following reactions: 69Ga(n, 2n) 68Ga, 69Ga(n, p) 69mZn, 71Ga(n, p) (71m)Zn, and 71Ga(n, n'alpha) 67Cu. The neutron fluences were determined using the monitor reaction 93Nb(n, 2n) 92mNb.

Cross section measurements for (n, 3n) reactions induced by 14.8 MeV neutrons.

The cross sections for 209Bi(n, 3n)207Bi, 191Ir(n, 3n)189Ir, 151Eu(n, 3n)149Eu and 185Re(n, 3n)183Re reactions were measured by the activation method. The experimental results were 12.1+/-1.1, 64.6+/-6.5, 2.7+/-0.4 and 66.0+/-5.6 mb at the neutron energy of 14.8+/-0.2 MeV, respectively. The neutron flux was determined by the cross section of the 27Al(n, alpha)24Na reaction. The neutron energy in these measurements was determined by the method of cross section ratios for 90Zr(n, 2n)(89m + g)Zr and 93Nb(n, 2n)92mNb reactions.